Zhamanak: Vahan Hovhannisian to be appointed ambassador

Yesterday member of the Bureau of ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Party Vahan Hovhannisian finally announced that he received an offer to ‘represent Armenia abroad’. To judge by V. Hovhannisian’s words, he has accepted the offer, ‘Zhamanak’ daily writes.

“Thus the ARFD will join the diplomatic corps of our country. There would be nothing strange about it if ARFD was part of the coalition, but now that the party has taken the position of radical opposition, this reality is being criticized,” the paper says.

Let us remind you that ARFD withdrew from the coalition on April 27, 2009. As regards Vahan Hovhannisian’s appointment as ambassador, the parliamentary deputy said in his interview that he “in the past three years worked in the field of foreign relations, led Armenia’s parliamentary delegation in Euronest Parliamentary Assembly until recently, and is currently the deputy president of that international structure”.

“Vahan Hovhannisian will hardly be able to bring about a fundamental change in work of Armenian diplomacy,” the paper comments.